| Tahun | Pemenang | Nominasi lainnya |
| 1984 | Eurythmics — "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | - Cyndi Lauper — "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
- Cyndi Lauper — "Time After Time"
- Madonna — "Borderline"
- Wang Chung — "Dance Hall Days"
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| 1985 | 'Til Tuesday — "Voices Carry" | - Frankie Goes to Hollywood — "Two Tribes"
- Julian Lennon — "Too Late for Goodbyes"
- Sade — "Smooth Operator"
- Sheila E. — "The Glamorous Life"
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| 1986 | a-ha — "Take on Me" | - The Hooters — "And We Danced"
- Whitney Houston — "How Will I Know"
- Pet Shop Boys — "West End Girls"
- Simply Red — "Holding Back the Years"
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| 1987 | Crowded House — "Don't Dream It's Over" | - Robert Cray — "Smoking Gun"
- The Georgia Satellites — "Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
- Bruce Hornsby and the Range — "The Way It Is"
- Timbuk3 — "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
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| 1988 | Guns N' Roses — "Welcome to the Jungle" | - The Godfathers — "Birth, School, Work, Death"
- Buster Poindexter — "Hot, Hot, Hot"
- Swing Out Sister — "Breakout"
- Jody Watley — "Some Kind of Lover"
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| 1989 | Living Colour — "Cult of Personality" | |
| 1990 | Michael Penn — "No Myth" | - Bell Biv DeVoe — "Poison"
- The Black Crowes — "Jealous Again"
- Jane Child — "Don't Wanna Fall in Love"
- Lenny Kravitz — "Let Love Rule"
- Alannah Myles — "Black Velvet"
- Lisa Stansfield — "All Around the World"
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| 1991 | Jesus Jones — "Right Here, Right Now" | - C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
- Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart"
- Gerardo — "Rico Suave"
- Seal — "Crazy"
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| 1992 | Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | - Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years"
- Arrested Development — "Tennessee"
- Cracker — "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)"
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| 1993 | Stone Temple Pilots — "Plush" | - Tasmin Archer — "Sleeping Satellite"
- Belly — "Feed the Tree"
- Porno for Pyros — "Pets"
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| 1994 | Counting Crows — "Mr. Jones" | - Beck — "Loser"
- Björk — "Human Behaviour"
- Green Day — "Longview"
- Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories — "Stay (I Missed You)"
- Me'Shell NdegéOcello — "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)"
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| 1995 | Hootie & the Blowfish — "Hold My Hand" | - Jeff Buckley — "Last Goodbye"
- Des'ree — "You Gotta Be"
- Filter — "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
- Portishead — "Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)"
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| 1996 | Alanis Morissette — "Ironic" | - Tracy Bonham — "Mother Mother"
- Garbage — "Stupid Girl"
- Jewel — "Who Will Save Your Soul"
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| 1997 | Fiona Apple — "Sleep to Dream" | - Meredith Brooks — "Bitch"
- Hanson — "MMMBop"
- Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
- The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"
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| 1998 | Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn" | - Cherry Poppin' Daddies — "Zoot Suit Riot"
- Chumbawamba — "Tubthumping"
- Fastball — "The Way"
- Mase — "Feel So Good"
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| 1999 | Eminem — "My Name Is" | |
| 2000 | Macy Gray — "I Try" | |
| 2001 | Alicia Keys — "Fallin'" | - Coldplay — "Yellow"
- Nikka Costa — "Like a Feather"
- David Gray — "Babylon"
- Sum 41 — "Fat Lip"
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| 2002 | Avril Lavigne — "Complicated" | - Ashanti — "Foolish"
- B2K — "Uh Huh"
- John Mayer — "No Such Thing"
- Puddle of Mudd — "Blurry"
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| 2003 | 50 Cent — "In da Club" | |
| 2004 | Maroon 5 — "This Love" | - The Darkness — "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
- Jet — "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
- JoJo — "Leave (Get Out)"
- Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) — "All Falls Down"
- Yellowcard — "Ocean Avenue"
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| 2005 | The Killers — "Mr. Brightside" | |
| 2006 | Avenged Sevenfold — "Bat Country" | |
| 2007 | Gym Class Heroes | |
| 2008 | Tokio Hotel — "Ready, Set, Go!" | |
| 2009 | Lady Gaga — "Poker Face" | |
| 2010 | Justin Bieber (featuring Ludacris) — "Baby" | |
